St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-10
THE LATEST NEWS.
Events of Importance at Home
and Abroad.

Events OF importance at Home
and Abroad.
It is officially reported that Colorow and
all his followers are at Ouray agency, and
show disposition to remain on their reser-
vations. Agent Byrnes reports that Major
Lesley, who fired on these Indians on the
border of the reservation, took possession
and run off about 800 head of the Indian
horses that were grazing on the public
lands near the reservation line. The In
dians, when pursued by Sheriff Kendall,
were compelled to abandon 1000 sheep, be-
sides large herds of goats, which should also
be recovered with the horses. These Indians
when attacked in Colorado were on peace
tul hunting expedition, and they believed
that they had right under the treaty OF
H. and as understood with them and the
commission, to hunt upon these lands in
Colorado. Orders were sent from Wash
ington, by direction of the President,
to Agent Byrnes, to prevent all unlawful en-
croachments upon the reservation, and to
recover the horses and other animals for the
Indians, and be was promised military as
sistance, if needed, to carry out the instruc-
tions.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Record prints
| five pages of special reports from the entire
! South, giving favorable account of the
crops and business prospects of that section.
THE corn cropof the South is unprecedent-
edly large, exceeding the yield of 1886 by over
$4,000, 900 bushels, the yield of 1885 by 5OOO,-
900 bushels and the yield of 1884 by TO-, ,OOO,-
900 bushels. The South will this year be
nearly self-supporting in the matter of corn,
and many millions of dollars that have here
tofore gone West for corn will this season be
saved to the Southern farmers. While recent
unfavorable weather has damaged to some
extent the cotton prospects which month
ago promised such an enormous yield, the
crop will still be a large one. Advanced
prices for tobacco will, it is claimed counter
balance to the farmers the decrease in yield,
due mainly to decreased acreage. Other crops
have, with few exceptions, been very good
Samuel Bremen, boss mason in Hobo
ken, n j., several weeks ago discharged one
of his employees for incompetency. The
man belonged to the masons' union, and
boycott was declared against Bremen. Lately
he contracted to put in the stone work of a
large building on Jersey Heights, and the
boycott was renewed, he being told that he
must reinstate the discharged hand before
the boycott would be recalled. All work on
the building was stopped Bremen declaring
that he would not submit to the demand.
He has now caused the arrest of William
Bender, Samuel Donelson, Joseph Herrigan
and James Gately masons, for conspiracy,
and they were held to answer.
Joseph Mclaughlin and Patrick O'Brien,
arrested in Brockton, Mass, on the charge Of
conspiring to injure the business of Doug
lass shoe factory, by inducing lasters to
stay away, have been held in $1,000 bail
each for their appearance at court.
1t is reported from Cincinnati that Re-
ceiver Armstrong, of the Fidelity National
Bank, has prepared petition against the
late directors of that bank, Eugene thinner
man, Henry Pogue, W. H. Chatfield and
Briggs Swift, for sum aggregating between
$2oo0,00 and s3,0OO,OOO. They will be
charged with having betrayed their trusts as
directors, and having become individually
liable for the losses of depositors. Directors
Gahr and Harper are also defendants in the
action.
The secretary of the State board of agricul-
ture of Illinois has received from Professor
Forbes, the State entomologist, discouraging
report in reference to the distribution of the
chinch bug throughout the State. The pro-
fessor says: 'It is very destructive in thirty
counties, occurs in large numbers in sixteen
others, in moderate numbers in seventeen,
and in numbers not especially injurious,
but sufficient to threaten harm another
year. in twenty-five, while from thirteen
counties it is reported as practically absent"
The Boyd Manufacturing Company's mill
and more than twenty dwellings, in Levanna,
O., have been destroyed by fire. Loss. 100000.
1t has been announced in Philadelphia
that Robert Hare Powell & Co., miners and
shippers of bituminous COAL and Robert |
Hare Poweps Sons & Co., manufacturers OF |
pig iron, had made an assignment for the |
benefit of their creditors. The liabilities of |
the two firms are estimated at 81, ,578, 900 and |
the assets at 81, 100000. Both firms are COM
preferred creditors of any kind. Charles
E. Pennock & Co., iron manufacturers
of Coatesville have made an assign
ment The total liabilities are placed at
$500, 900, of which $2O3, 900 is said to be due
to Messrs Powell The assets are estimated
at S45O,OOO
General John C. Black, commissioner of
pensions, denies the statement that he is
candidate for commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army OF the Republic.
Commissioner Littler has been questioned
1t Springfield, ILL.,, in regard to the refusal
IF Judge Fields court to grant the order to
compel Leland Stanford to answer certain
questions in the Pacific railroad investiga-
ion. He said ''The decision, as [ under
tand it, will restrict the commission in the
urther prosecution of its inquiries into the
expenditure of money for the purpose of
influencing State and Federal leg
Station. So far as l can see no other effect
will follow from it. The commission will
lave full power to proceed with the taking
# evidence upon every question mentioned
n the act creating the commission"
Three tenants on the O'Grady estate at ,
1erbertstown have been evicted after des- {
'erate resistance. Captain Plunkett was in
ommand of the evictors. The police made
epeated charges against the crowd of specta-
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